Sennheiser PC37X randomly goes bad after disconnecting the cable ?
Greetings, Yesterday I was using my headset like normal with my macbook, just listening to music and on a call with people like usual, and the headset was perfectly fine. The stock wire that came with the headset is extremely long and yesterday it annoyed me very much that it kept getting tangled with itself, so I decided to see if the cable is replaceable. I pulled out the cable from the headset and saw the adapter, and looked online for a replacement. Upon plugging it back in, the audio sounded extremely muffled and washed out. Im not sure what I did wrong to make it mess up like that as I've always taken good care of it, ive had it for about 2 years and its always just been chilling on my desk, but anywho I thought the cable just went bad and ordered a replacement. The replacement came, and the issue is still persistant, so I am not sure what the issue is I've tried multiple different headsets and the issue is not with the port, and I also tried it with my windows laptop and...
Apr 23, 2024
The 12AU7 tube in this has a lot of decent options, and since it's only one you don't have to worry about channel balancing via matched pairs as much. The little dots have the matching, which you have to beware about matching a bit, especially the mk2 and up since the little dot 1+ just colors the sound. If you have a strong left channel tube and a more worn out right channels tube, the left will sound louder than the right. I don't know exactly how noticeable it is, but I've heard within 5% tends to be the upper limit of what you'd want in the higher numbered little dots. Getting those matched tends to drive price up, I've seen under 1% difference go for 4 times a 10% difference in matched tubes, just for tube price reference. This unit (or any solo 12AU7 amp) can get cheap grab bag tube lots/bundles and you can find a lesser known brand/date of tube that you love that might only be $3. The gold lion tube with another amp tends to go for $35-50 since it's popular and apparently appeals to mass amounts of users. Mullard seems to be the go-to otherwise, usually around $15-20.
Damn you, planars!